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Anda Saylor

andasaylor@airpost.net

www.andasaylor.com

Education:

B.A. Macalester College (honors) 2006

majors: Anthropology, Studio Art

concentration: African Studies

Honors in Art

School for International Training

Semester Abroad: Ghana; Arts and Culture

Community Involvement:

Founder and co-organizer for YAAC (YAAC is Alaskan Artists in Cahoots) a local creative endurance group. (summer 2006-present).
Trailer Arts Group, Gallery Committee Member (gallery volunteer coordinator) (December 2007-2009).
Assistant Coordinator for AVIEW (Artists for Visual Integration and Educational Work) community art project in Mountain View (January- September 2007).
FireFly Co-op Gallery and Studios: Member (November 2007-present).
Macalester Stitching Circle, organizer (Fall 2004- Fall 2006).
Macalester College Fibers Support Group (Fall 2005-Spring 2006).

Art Exhibitions:

Snow City Cafe, Solo Art Exhibition“Our Stars: An Unfolding Home,” AK (May 2011)
Sevigny Studios, Solo Art Exhibition“Baby Animals,” AK (December 2010)
APU Carr-Gottstein Gallery, “House,” AK (November 2010)
International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Collaborative Art Exhibition“On the Shores of Home,” AK (June 2010).
Modern Dwellers Group Show, AK (March 2010).
Mobile Trailer Supply Gallery, “Marginalia,” AK (February 2010).
Middle Way Cafe, “Break-up,” AK (May 2009).
Mobile Trailer Supply Gallery, "Godiva," AK (February 2009).
Middle Way Cafe, Group Show, AK (January-February 2009).
Out North, "Circus Arts Show," AK(January 2009).
FireFly Gallery, AK (November 2007-present).
Snow City Cafe, Solo Art Exhibition "Bubbles of Consciousness," AK (July 2008).
Frame of Mind, Group Show (June 2008).
International Gallery of Contemporary Art, "Annual Statewide Juried Exhibition,"AK (May 2008).
Arctic Rose Gallery (January 2008).
International Gallery of Contemporary Art, participant "Collaborage," AK (January 2008).
West High Auditorium, refurbished chair for auction, Anchorage, AK (Fall 2006).
The Anchorage Museum of History and Art, "Earth, Fire and Fibre Exhibition XXVI," (2006).
Macalester College, "Love Child: Senior Show," (April 2006).

Theater Arts:

Costumer, Alaska Theater for Young People, Anchorage, AK (Summer 2005).
Theater set painter; Anchorage Community Theater, Mountain View Theater Project, Cyrano's Off-Center Play House (2004-present). Killer Angels, Anne of Green Gables, Wizard of Oz, Death Trap, Ballad of Soapy Smith, The Rainmaker, A Clean House,Wizard of Oz Reprise, Jacob Marley's Christmas, A Christmas Carol.

Awards:

Macalester Student Art Show, Honorable Mention in Painting, Macalester College, MN(2004).

Macalester Student Art Show, Honorable Mention in Painting, Macalester College, MN (2006).
Earth, Fire and Fibre Exhibition XXVI 2006 ,Honorable Mention, The Anchorage Museum of History and Art (2006).

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